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. F. A. RANSOM.

BNVELOPE LABEL POR PACKAGE DYES.

No. 304,286. Patented Aug. 26, 1884.

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llNrTnn STATns PaTnNT @Tirrena FRANK A. RANSOM, OF DUN ELLEN, NEI/V JERSEY.

ENvELoPE-LABi-:L FOR PACKAGE-ovas.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,236, dated August 26, 1884.

Application led October 29, 1883.

Y To all whom it may h/cern,.-

Be it known that I, FRANK A. Ransom', ol Dunellen, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Iniproved Envelope-Label for Package-Dyes; and I hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to construct an envelope label or wrapper for boxes in which package-dyes are put up for sale, in such a :manner that when applied it shall designate the shade or color of the dye contained in the particular box or package upon which it is placed, and shall also present correct specimens of the various colors or shades of the dyes that are kept on hand for sale, so that the purchaser can not only ascertain what particular color or shade of dye is contained in the box purchased, but can also, at leisure, pick out for future purchase such other colors or shades as he or she may wish to procure.

To eitect this I print or otherwise place upon that portion that covers the bottoni of the box when applied thereto two series of spaces separated by a longitudinal dividing-line, each of said spaces being colored to exactly represent one of the colors or shades which are kept for sale, and on those portions of the wrapper which cover the sides of the box,and on a line with each of said spaces, Iprint the name oi' the particular color or shade set opposite thereto, and that portion of the wrapper which covers the top of the box I make of the exact color or shade of the dye eontained in the particular box to which said wrapper isapplied, all of which is hereinafter particularly set forth and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing the top and one side of a box with my improved envelopelabel applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side and the bottom of the box with the envelope-label applied, and Fig. 3 represents a'plan View of the envelope label or wrapper detached.

Similarletters of referenceindicate the same parts in all the several gures. Y

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A represents the envelope label or wrapper, which may be of paper or other suitable material, and of proper dimensions to cover the box or package to which it is applied, being attached with paste or gum. The portion c thereof, which covers the top of the box, is colored to exactly represent the color or shade of the particular dye contained in the box to which covers the bottom of the box,is divided longitudinally by a dividing-line, a, into two separate spaces, d and d', and these spaces d and d are subdivided into as many separate spaces, f, as there are colors or shades of the dyes kept on hand for sale', one-half of said spaces f being located on d and the remainder -of them on d2 On each of said spaces f is printed or otherwise applied a specimen of represented by the shaded portions m, and the name of each color or shade is printed on one of the adjoining portions It or h of the wrapper which cover,the sides of the box, the names of the several colors on d being printed on h and the names of those on d similarly printed on 7L each name being placed in line with its respective color or shade.

B are aps or narrow widths of the wrapper for the purpose of covering the ends ofthe box. These may be of suitable form and dimensions to neatly cover the end of the box,

I The boxes or packages are ordinarily made from pasteboard,and rectangular in form, and of any suitable size.

By means of these constructions and arrangements any desiredcolor or shade may be readily selected, and the name by which it is known readily ascertained for the purpose of ordering it by mail or otherwise, and the exact color or shadeof the dye contained in any particular box can be accurately determined.

Vhat I claim as my invention is- An envelope label or wrapper for packagedyes, constructed substantially as described,

having specimens oi' the several colors or shades that are kept for sale printed or placed upon that portion, b, thereof which covers the bottom of the box or package in two series, d

which it is attached,and the portion b thereof,

one of the colors or shades kept. for sale, as

it is attached, the whole arranged substantially as shown and described, for the purposes set forth.

FRANK A. RANSOM.

and d, and the naines of said colors or shades printed on the portions 7L and h, which cover the sides of said box, each naine set opposite io its respective color or shade, and having l Witnesses:

5 the portion o thereof, which covers the top of JAS. F. HIGGINS,

said box, colored to represent the color or shade of the dye contained in the box to which l JOHN S; THORNTON. 

